Chapter 15 - THE ACCOUNTING Forensic accountant Dev Patel reconstructed the money.
Total transfers initiated through Charlotte’s agent access over eighteen months:
$71,860.
Not all stolen.
That distinction mattered.
Approximately $12,400 covered legitimate expenses Charlotte had paid for me and later reimbursed.
Roof repair deposit.
Property taxes she advanced during my pneumonia hospitalization.
A home-health bill.
Groceries.
Another $7,900 was ambiguous.
Family purchases.
Travel I had agreed to partly fund.
Shared expenses without good documentation.
Approximately $51,500 clearly moved for Charlotte and Daniel’s benefit without contemporaneous authorization.
Daniel’s business received around $33,000.
Personal credit cards received around $11,000.
The rest covered household bills at their home.
Not half a million.
Not a secret fortune.
Enough to explain desperation.
Daniel’s construction company also had:
A tax-payment plan.
High-interest business debt.
Two personal guarantees.
A looming supplier suit.
They were not penniless.
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They were cornered.
There is a difference.
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